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Park Ridge, IL, US

Irving, TX, US

Dallas, Texas, US

• Stride Growth Partners is a Private Equity and Venture Capital Advisory Firm that partners with owners and investors to accelerate the value creation of their companies. We collaborate with niche firms that require.
• AI-based SaaS and Solutions: Evaluated and helped scale an AI-based SaaS and Solutions portfolio company.
• IOT-based Portfolio: Assessed the feasibility of an IOT-based Portfolio company to be distributed into the Food Distribution industry as a UWB-based Warehouse Safety Solution to minimize accident occurrences.
• Supply Chain Vertical Solutions: Developed the product strategy and built a Go-to-Market/Sales and Business Development team focused on delivering solutions to the distribution, transportation, and supply chain.
• Strategic Advisors: Collaborated with the Board to identify key strategic advisors from the industry.
• Infrastructure and Processes: Built out the infrastructure and processes to position the company for rapid scale and growth across multiple industries.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Rutherford, New Jersey, US

• Genpro, Inc is a Transportation Brokerage and Managed Services Company with a concentration in Food, Beverage, and CPG Verticals. Services Retail and Foodservice Distribution and Manufacturing Organizations leveraging.
• Go-to-Market Strategy: Mobilized and led the build out of the company’s go-to-market strategy around technology and services infrastructure with a unified supply chain & transportation platform to enhance business.
• Carrier Operations and Back Office Management: Responsible for Carrier Operations (Carrier Sales and Track & Trace) and Back Office Management (HR, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Project Management) of the company for all.
• IT Management: Responsible for the management and deployment of all IT Vendors, Consultants, and Contractors that reduced the internal spend by 23% and increased the ability to flex staff during and after the pandemic.
• Outsourcing: Outsourced EDI/Integrations Management, BI/Analytics build-out with the Tableau application (India) and the near-shoring of operational and back-office functions (Colombia).

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, US

• ArrowStream is a prime innovator of supply chain management technology offering end-to-end real-time data to aid companies in operational improvement and cost-effective logistics for supply chain visibility in the.
• Team Leadership: Mobilized and guided a team of 70+ professionals representing major US restaurant chains and foodservice distributors working across the largest restaurant companies in the world.
• Strategic Expansion: Led the team to leverage a go-to-market strategy to expand the current technology footprint into foodservice & manufacturing verticals.
• Organizational Design: Reviewed organizational design and led the effort to split out the technology platform from the logistics operational services to show a shareholder value increase. This was done by operating as.
• Profit Maximization: Capitalized on key customer facilities and proprietary platform to prove redistribution and cross-dock opportunities, resulting in an increase in profits through improved logistical design for a.

Lombard, Illinois, US

• Telos Logistics a company that delivers tailored supply chain and logistical approaches to help companies sustain competitive advantage necessary to achieve year-over-year profitability and success with a managed.
• Company Foundation: Founded a third-party logistics company targeting Foodservice Distributors, Restaurant Chain Operators, and Manufacturers. Led all aspects of operating agreement negotiations, go-to-market plans.
• Sales Growth: Increased transportation sales by over 2,500%+ in two years as the principal driver of the client acquisition initiative, with additional customers focused in the distribution and manufacturing verticals.
• Company Expansion: Expanded the company to 35+ employees with over $200MM in revenue by unifying Foodservice Distributor, Restaurant Operator, and Manufacturer industry leaders to influence scale for the lowest.
• Software Development Leadership: Led a software development team based in India of 20+ people in building out a freight visibility software solution for our customers and to market for external customers.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Functional owner of logistics; inbound and outbound transportation, network strategic modeling and optimization, logistics business development, supply chain relationships with product suppliers, customers, 3rd party.
• Developed and implemented new strategies for the company in international logistics and mixing centers/redistribution utilizing both domestic and international service providers.
• Led the design, development, and implementation of Redistribution and International Logistics by increasing supply chain visibility while decreasing supply chain costs in product and distribution by 15%+.
• Developed new framework on how cross-functional departments would work together to increase communication while reducing overall HC by 10% across supply chain / logistics operations.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Functional lead for the strategic direction and execution of logistics with direct accountability for service levels and EBITDA performance across 70 foodservice distribution operating divisions working with suppliers.
• Functional owner of all logistics and transportation which include inbound and outbound transportation management, network strategic modeling and optimization, logistics business development, and corporate logistics.
• Developed and implemented new strategies for the company in international logistics and mixing centers/redistribution utilizing both domestic and international service providers.
• Led the effort to create a dedicated logistics fleet that has been utilized as a cost reduction initiative for inbound freight utilizing extra driver and equipment capacity within our current network.
• Formulated and executed policies/programs with internal and external customers, with private fleet and third-party logistics providers for transportation, warehousing, and logistics processes for implementation across.
• Development of standards of accountability within the supply chain organization that is used to focus and guide performance to achieve successful business results in service and cost reduction.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Improved company bottom-line company EBITDA performance by 45% over a three-year time frame, on an inbound transportation of the second largest private fleet and one of the largest logistics organizations in the United.
• Led the transformation from a decentralized to centralized logistics organization, which involved the creation of new internal department, “Alliant Logistics”. Worked with McKinsey Consulting, from organization design.
• Led centralization of logistics operations with a 19% increase in productivity gained within the organization by leveraging human capital by motivating, mentoring, and leading using interactive and motivational.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Successfully transitioned from an insolvent 3rd party freight payable company to another one with improved financial controls to a single executive platform with full integration across multiple purchasing and.
• Business lead and owner in the implementation of the JDA/i2 Transportation Management Suite (Manager, Modeler, Planner, Strategist, and Analytics) with the integration into purchasing, warehouse, and financial systems.
• Led internal business team working with consulting company, in the evaluation and then wind-down of third-party freight payable provider to internal management with transition for transportation program across 700 plus.
• Lead from logistics working on the Sarbanes-Oxley implementation of enhanced standards across the organization working on a cross-functional team led by internal audit.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Increased inbound logistics distribution programs from 25% to 30% managed cases with a more direct collaboration with our top 50 CPG suppliers utilizing both direct and in-direct consolidation programs.
• Reduction of inventory in third party warehouse network while reducing transportation costs by 15% with participating vendors within private label distribution program while increasing service levels to customers.
• Primary distribution lead between third party warehouses in the development of distribution programs for private label products involving the analysis and integration of three different supply chains into a single.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Increased EBITDA freight income performance by 30% from 40 to 52 basis points in EBITDA growth in divisions managed.
• Managed 17 divisional logistics managers in the development of transportation/distribution programs.
• Developed National Produce Program working across all operating divisions and purchasing Co-Op Group in managing cost and service levels.
• Led the integration of acquisitions of other foodservice companies with systems implementation and training of newly acquired logistics personnel with our internal private fleets and third-party carriers.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Managed inbound transportation program for a single operating division, that went from 45% to 57% of inbound cases managed, which resulted in an improvement of EBITDA from 55 to 75 basis points of sales.
• Utilized internal private fleets and third-party carriers to improve service levels and lower total cost to serve.

• Implementation / Project Manager: Wheeling, IL (1998 – 1999)
• Responsible for the successful implementation of an Inbound/Outbound Transportation program working with manufacturer and distributor of frozen/refrigerated foods, with a 10% reduction in overall transportation costs.
• Directed start-up efforts on new accounts including vendor lane analysis, national account pricing programs, contract carrier negotiation, and inbound/outbound freight consolidation.Operations Manager: Temple, TX (1996.
• Grew account by 35% in the first year which represented an increase 15% improvement in freight income for CTMS while increasing income for select distributors by over 70%.
• Operations manager with 10 direct reports with foodservice/wholesale distributor with 20 DCs with centralized logistics operations within same offices as the centralized purchasing organization.Logistics Manager.
• Increased managed cases by 75% in the first year, which represented an increase in EBITDA of 225% annualized.